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called a Guilder^ whicli was about sixpence currency, or fourpence ster- 

 ling. The white Wampum was worked out of the inside of the great 

 Conques. The black, or purple, was formed out of the inside of the 

 Mussle, or Clam-shell. These, being strung on leather, are sometimes 

 formed into belts, about four inches broad, and thirty in length ; which 

 are commonly given and received at treaties, as seals of friendship. 

 Wampum has been long made by certain poor Indian families at Albany ^ 

 who support themselves by coining this cash for the traders." 



A squadron of Dutch ships under command of Evertse and Benke 

 arrived on July 30, [1673] and recaptured New York without opposition. 

 The commander of the fort at the Narrows, John Manning, treacherously 

 made peace Avitli the enemy and delivered up the fort without giving or 

 receiving a shot, and the major part of the magistrates and constables 

 swore allegiance to the States General and the Prince of Orange. Thus 

 New York and New Jersey came again under Dutch rule. Deputies 

 were also sent by the people inhabiting the country as far west as Dela- 

 ware who, in the name of their principals, made a declaration of their 

 submission, and Delaware again reverted to the Dutch [1673.] Anthony 

 Colve was appointed governor, and held that office until the country was 

 restored to England by the treaty of Westminister, concluded Feb. 19, 

 1674.1 



The duke of York on June 29, 1674, obtained a new royal patent con- 

 firming the land granted him in 1664 and two days after appointed 

 Major, afterwards sir Edmund Andross, governor of his territories in 

 America, which were surrendered to him by the Dutch on October 31, 

 following.^ Andross authorized Captain Edmund Cantwell and William 

 Tomm to take possession of the forts and stores at Newcastle for the 

 king's use, and directed them to take measures for the establishment of 

 order and tranquility on the Delaware. 



"On June 24, 1664, the Duke of York granted to John, lord Berkley, 

 and Sir George Carteret the province of New Jersey,^ bounded on the 

 east by the Atlantic ocean, on the west by Delaware bay and river, on 

 the north by a line drawn from the Delaware river at forty one degrees 

 forty minutes, to the Hudson river in forty-one degrees northern latitude." 



"Lord Berkley, in 1675, sold his half of the Province of jSfeio Jersey to a 

 person named John Fenwicke, in trust for Edward Byllinge, and his as- 

 signs, in consequence of which the former, tliis year, arrived with a 

 number of passengers, in a ship, called the Griffith from London^ on a 

 visit to his new purchase. He landed at a place, in West Jersey^ situated 

 upon a creek, or small river, which runs into the river Delaware; to 

 which place he gave the name of Salem; a name which both the place and 

 creek still retain." '•^ 



1 Gordon. Hazard. sproud. 3 Gordon. 



